A. B. Simpson
“Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places.”
A. B. Simpson
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A. B. Simpson
“Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places.”
A. B. Simpson
John Sanderson
If we only knew how bad we are, we would welcome chastening because this is God’s way of getting rid of sin and its habits. But chastening is resented because we cannot believe that we have done anything worthy of it.
John Sanderson
Thomas Watson
Satan doth not tempt God’s children because they have sin in them, but because they have grace in them. Had they no grace, the devil would not disturb them... Though to be tempted is a trouble, yet to think why you are tempted is a comfort.
Thomas Watson
Erroll Hulse, The Vital Place of the Prayer Meeting.
Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins and thankful, acknowledgment of His mercies.
Erroll Hulse, The Vital Place of the Prayer Meeting.
William Barclay, The Gospel of John, v. 1, Saint Andrew Press, Edinburgh : 1975.
It may well be that [we are] denied triumph after triumph because we will not bring to Christ what we have and what we are. If, just as we are, we would lay ourselves on the altar of service of Jesus Christ, there is no saying what Christ could do with us and through us. We may be sorry and embarrassed that we have not more to bring – and rightly so, but that is not reason for failing or refusing to bring what we have and what we are. Little is always much in the hands of Christ.
William Barclay, The Gospel of John, v. 1, Saint Andrew Press, Edinburgh: 1975.
Charles H. Spurgeon
“It is written.” Stand upon it, and if the devil were fifty devils in one, he could not overcome you. On the other hand, if you leave “It is written,” Satan knows more about reasoning than you do. He is far older, has studied mankind very thoroughly, and knows all our weak points. Therefore, the contest will be an unequal one. Do not argue with him but wave in his face the banner of God’s Word. Satan cannot endure the infallible truth, for it is death to the falsehood of which he is the father.
Charles H. Spurgeon
John Piper, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, Bethlehem Baptist Church, 20 p. 119.
The first spiritual step on the Calvary road of radical obedience to Jesus is repentance. Repentance includes remorse for inward corruption and sin. Repentance is not only remorse. It is a change of mind and heart about sin and righteousness and about Christ. It is a turning from the broken cisterns of the world to the fountain of life.
John Piper, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, Bethlehem Baptist Church, 20 p. 119.
Le fait de se tourner continuellement vers le monde éternel n'est pas une forme d'évasion ou un vœu pieux, mais l'une des choses qu'un chrétien est censé faire.
C.S. Lewis
A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do.
C.S. Lewis
La véritable Église n'a jamais sondé les attentes du public avant de lancer sa mission. Ses dirigeants ont entendu Dieu, ils ont connu la volonté de leur Seigneur et l'ont fait. Leur peuple les a suivis - parfois jusqu'au triomphe, plus souvent jusqu'aux insultes et à la persécution publique - et leur récompense suffisante a été la satisfaction d'avoir raison dans un monde erroné.
A.W. Tozer
The true Church has never sounded out public expectations before launching her mission. Her leaders heard from God, they knew their Lord’s will and did it. Their people followed them- sometimes to triumph, oftener to insults and public persecution – and their sufficient reward was the satisfaction of being right in a wrong world
A.W. Tozer
Auteur inconnu
We fail Him, but, blessed be His name, He has never failed us, and He never will do so. We doubt Him, we mistrust His love and His providence and His guidance; we “faint because of the way;” we murmur because of the way; yet all the time He is there blessing us, and waiting to pour out upon us a blessing so great that there shall not be room to receive it.
Unknown Author
A.W. Tozer
The Spirit-filled life is not a special, deluxe edition of Christianity. It is part and parcel of the total plan of God for His people.
A.W. Tozer
David Platt, Follow Me, page 23.
For every Christian in every culture, repentance is necessary. This doesn’t mean that when people become Christians, they suddenly become perfect and never have any struggles with sin again. But this does mean that when we become followers of Jesus, we make a decided break with an old way of living and take a decisive turn to a new life. We literally die to our sin and to ourselves – our self-centeredness, self-consumption, self-righteousness, self-indulgence, self-effort, and self-exaltation. In the words of Paul, we “have been crucified with Christ and [we] no longer live, but Christ lives in [us].”
David Platt, Follow Me, page 23.
Il y a un nombre incalculable de choses en moi dont je souhaite frénétiquement être vidée, et malgré mes efforts les plus sincères pour les enlever, elles restent. Et c'est Pâques qui me rappelle que Dieu vide les tombes.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
There are an incalculable number of things within me that I frantically wish to be emptied of, and despite my most earnest efforts to remove them, they remain. And it is Easter that reminds me that God empties out tombs.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
John Fawcett, Christ Précieux
The chastisements of Christ are precious to those who believe. The believer’s love to Jesus Christ, not only continues under the rod of correction – but is quickened and increased by it! Thus it is distinguished from that pretended love, which exists only in times of prosperity. The afflicted Christian is enabled to consider – that whom the Lord loves – He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives; and that He only afflicts us for our profit – to make us partakers of His holiness.
John Fawcett, Christ Precious
"La générosité est impossible en dehors de notre amour de Dieu et de son peuple. Mais avec un tel amour, la générosité est non seulement possible mais inévitable."
John MacArthur
“Generosity is impossible apart from our love of God and of His people. But with such love, generosity not only is possible but inevitable.”
John MacArthur
1. Ils sont éternels. Dieu ne fait point de décrets dans le temps, mais ils sont tous de toute éternité. Si les décrets divins n'étaient pas éternels, Dieu ne serait pas très parfait et immuable, mais, comme un homme faible, il devrait prendre de nouveaux conseils, et serait incapable de dire tout ce qui doit arriver (Eph. 1:4).
2. Ils sont très sages. Dieu ne peut pas délibérer ou prendre conseil, comme le font les hommes, car il voit toutes choses ensemble et en même temps. Rien n'est déterminé qui aurait pu être mieux déterminé (Rom. 11:33).
3. Ils sont libres. [Ils ne dépendent d'aucun autre, mais tous découlent du seul plaisir de Sa propre volonté. Il n'a fait aucun décret suspendu à une condition quelconque sans Lui-même (Rom. 11:34).
4. Ils sont immuables. Les décrets de Dieu sont constants ; et Il ne modifie en aucune façon Son dessein, comme le font les hommes (Psm. 33:1).
5. Ils sont très saints et purs (1 Jn. 1:5).
6. Ils sont efficaces. Tout ce que Dieu décrète s'accomplit infailliblement (Esaïe 46.10).
Thomas Boston, Of the Decrees of God, Commentary on the Shorter Catechism.
The properties of God’s decrees:
1. They are eternal. God makes no decrees in time, but they were all from eternity. If the divine decrees were not eternal, God would not be most perfect and unchangeable, but, like weak man, should take new counsels, and would be unable to tell everything that were to come to pass (Eph. 1:4).
2. They are most wise. God cannot properly deliberate or take counsel, as men do; for He sees all things together and at once. Nothing is determined that could have been better determined (Rom. 11:33).
3. They are free. [They depend] on no other, but all flowing from the mere pleasure of His own will. He has made no decrees suspended on any condition without Himself (Rom. 11:34).
4. They are unchangeable. God’s decrees are constant; and He by no means alters His purpose, as men do (Psm. 33:1).
5. They are most holy and pure (1 Jn. 1:5).
6. They are effectual. Whatsoever God decrees comes to pass infallibly (Isa. 46.10).
Thomas Boston, Of the Decrees of God, Commentary on the Shorter Catechism.
John Bunyan
In one of the streets of Bedford I came to where there were three or four poor women sitting at a door in the sun and talking about the things of God. Willing to listen, I drew near to hear what they said, for I was a brisk talker myself in matters of religion. But I have to say that I heard, but I didn’t understand, for they were far above, out of my reach. They spoke about a new birth, the work of God in their hearts… They said how God had visited their souls with His love in the Lord Jesus, and with what words and promises they had been refreshed, comforted and supported against the temptations of the devil… And it seemed to me they spoke as if joy did make them speak. They spoke with such pleasantness of biblical language, and with such obvious grace in all they said, that they were to me as if they had found a new world.
John Bunyan
Jonathan Edwards
Persons need not and ought not to set any bounds to their spiritual and gracious appetites, [instead they ought] to be endeavoring by all possible ways to inflame their desires and to obtain more spiritual pleasures… Our hungerings and thirstings after God and Jesus Christ and after holiness can’t be too great for the value of these things, for they are things of infinite value… [Therefore] endeavor to promote spiritual appetites by laying yourself in the way of allurement… There is no such thing as excess in our taking of this spiritual food. There is no such virtue as temperance in spiritual feasting.
Jonathan Edwards
A.W. Tozer
The Bible is a supernatural book and can be understood only by supernatural aid.
A.W. Tozer
Jerry Bridges, Transforming Grace
To live by grace is to live solely by the merit of Jesus Christ. To live by grace is to base my entire relationship with God, including my acceptance and standing with Him, on my union with Christ.
Jerry Bridges, Transforming Grace
Henry Drummond
"Will power does not change men. Time does not change men. Christ does."
Henry Drummond
Richard Baxter
I know that Christ is all in all; and that it is the presence of God that makes Heaven to be heaven. But yet it much sweetens the thoughts of that place to me that there are there such a multitude of my most dear and precious friends in Christ.
Richard Baxter
Aiden W. Tozer
“We must face today as children of tomorrow. We must meet the uncertainties of this world with the certainty of the world to come.”
Aiden W. Tozer
Roy Hession, The Calvary Road, Christian Literature Crusade, 1950, p. 23.
Brokenness in daily experience is simply the response of humility to the conviction of God.
Roy Hession, The Calvary Road, Christian Literature Crusade, 1950, p. 23.
Charles H. Spurgeon
It is a sweet compound of faith that knows God to be my Father, love that loves Him as my Father, joy that rejoices in Him as my Father, fear that trembles to disobey Him because he is my Father and a confident affection and trustfulness that relies upon Him, and casts itself wholly upon Him, because it knows by the infallible witness of the Holy Spirit, that Jehovah, the God of earth and heaven, is the Father of my heart.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Billy Graham
The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless.
Billy Graham